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New X-ray Results on Radio Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

D.M. Worrall
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
M. Birkinshaw
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

Abstract

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Prior to ROSAT, separation of X-ray components in radio galaxies has been limited to a few well-known sources, e.g., M 87 and Cen A. Now, from ROSAT PSPC measurements of the first six objects in our study of low-power radio galaxies, we find that both resolved (thermal) and unresolved X-ray emission in a single source is typical (Worrall & Birkinshaw 1993; ApJ, submitted). The angular size of, and fraction of luminosity in, the resolved X-ray emission varies between objects. There is evidence to relate the unresolved X-ray emission with the inner radio jet.

Type
Poster Contributions: X-Rays and Higher Energies
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